Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-75) and index.
Series Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 The Scale of Teenage Pregnancy; The facts of the matter; Trends in abortion; Births outside marriage; Trends in child-bearing; Social disadvantage and teenage pregnancy; 2 Teenage Pregnancy: Context and Consequences; Is it a problem?; The rise of the lone-parent and unmarried family; The family background of teenage mothers; Medical risks associated with teenage pregnancy; Mortality rates for babies born to teenage mothers; ''Cot death'', other ''undetermined'' deaths, and social and marital status.
Appendix AUseful addresses and telephone numbers; Agencies concerned with parenthood, contraception and sex education; Appendix B; Recommended publications for professionals, parents, teenagers and children; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.
Contraceptive use by teenagersContraceptive use by marital status; Contraceptive use and teenage sexual behaviour; Teenage reluctance to use contraceptive services; Improving the situation; 6 Policy and Practice; Government policy; What is the problem?; The moral objections to teenage pregnancy; The politics of choice; Poverty and social disadvantage; Improvement of educational standards and employment prospects for young people; Improving the adequacy of sex education; Improving confidence in GPs and access to contraceptive services; Moral ambivalence about adolescent sexuality; References.
Teenage mothers and Sudden Infant Death SyndromeTeenage maternity, infanticide and ''suspicious'' deaths; Teenage parents, child abuse and neglect; Lone parents, child abuse and neglect; Maternal age and child abuse; Social support and maternal depression; Conclusion; 3 Teenage Sexual Behaviour; The opposition to research; Sex and society; Adolescent sexual behaviour; Age at first intercourse; Why has age at first intercourse declined?; Social class; Educational level; Ethnic and religious group membership; The experience of first intercourse; Age of partner at first intercourse.
The issue of exploitation''Unplanned'' sexual activity; The romantic view of sex; 4 Sex Education; The background; Why sex education?; Is school the main source of information?; Sex education in schools; Education and sexual behaviour; Changing knowledge and changing behaviour; ''Rationality'' and ''decisions'' about sexual behaviour; Teenage pregnancy: the lessons from international comparisons; Specific programme evaluations; Four programmes that worked; Conclusion; 5 Contraception and Abortion; The current reality; Abortion and contraceptive failure; A glimpse at history.
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This text presents facts and figures about the incidence of teenage pregnancies throughout Europe together with current research based information on this subject. Bill Gillham looks at the accompanying problems of stress and emotional, financial and quality of life problems which in turn may lead to abuse and neglect of the child. He analyzes these areas and asserts that teenage pregnancies, with effective support and care, need not be such a problem.
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